the tactical sick-day
The strategic deployment of a fictitious, untraceable stomach bug to secure a mental health day without using annual leave.
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The strategic deployment of a fictitious, untraceable stomach bug to secure a mental health day without using annual leave.
Read full entry →The spineless, sickening display of sycophancy utilized by a corporate climber who lacks actual talent or morals.
Read full entry →The non-consensual trapping of a colleague in a confined space to forcibly deliver deeply uncomfortable, highly personal information.
Read full entry →The violent, immediate abandonment of a video game or task due to a sudden spike in uncontrollable, childish anger.
Read full entry →The covert digital assassination of a coworker's character while maintaining a perfectly blank, professional facial expression.
Read full entry →The deeply unfair and unprompted act of using a coworker, barista, or Tinder date as an unpaid, non-consensual therapist.
Read full entry →The malicious, cowardly act of blind-copying or visibly including a superior in a minor digital dispute to force the other person to back down.
Read full entry →A highly professional, aggressively polite phrase designed to highlight a colleague's spectacular incompetence without alerting HR.
Read full entry →A wordless, homicidal look deployed at a coworker who attempts to discuss a spreadsheet before you have taken your coat off.
Read full entry →A corporate gathering designed entirely to justify a middle manager's existence while stealing your afternoon.
Read full entry →The terrifying, croaky noise emitted when speaking for the first time after three hours of silent listening.
Read full entry →The deployment of flawless manners and dazzling smiles to express deep, unutterable contempt.
Read full entry →The strategic dispatch of a pointless message at dawn to establish a false narrative of extreme productivity.
Read full entry →A performance of intense concentration on a progress bar so coworkers think you are doing complex coding.
Read full entry →A terrifying two-word message that immediately convinces the recipient that someone has died or they are being fired.
Read full entry →Seeking sanctuary in a bathroom stall to evade the person who always asks for 'a quick favour'.
Read full entry →A highly modulated, supportive laugh deployed exclusively upwards in a corporate hierarchy.
Read full entry →Highly professional language utilized specifically to highlight a colleague's spectacular incompetence.
Read full entry →A meditative, catatonic state induced by looking at Microsoft Excel while thinking about absolutely nothing.
Read full entry →The weaponization of standard email sign-offs, where 'Kind Regards' is typed with lethal fury.
Read full entry →Tactical ignorance of a coworker on the street to avoid making small talk before 9 AM.
Read full entry →The rapid collapse of nutritional willpower the moment a coworker suggests getting a pastry.
Read full entry →The dramatic performance of extreme focus, usually involving staring intensely at a blank spreadsheet.
Read full entry →The subconscious and highly annoying manipulation of office supplies to burn nervous energy.
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